bürgerliche

[ˈbʏʁɡɐlɪçə]

/[ˈbʏʁɡɐlɪçə]/ adj

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The verdict

“bürgerliche” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,248. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,248
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bürgerlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-burgerliche · bürgerliche · German

bürgerliche · rank #10,248 · 17 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,248
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bosnien

Nearest frequency peer: Bosnien (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „bürgerliche“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „bürgerliche“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bürgerliche vs bürgerlichen
92% similar
bürgerliche vs bürgerlicher
92% similar
bürgerliche vs bürgerliches
92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bürgerliche
PropertyValue
Headwordbürgerliche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈbʏʁɡɐlɪçə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#10,248
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „bürgerliche“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.bürgerlicheliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Bosnien“ (#10,247), „Carsten“ (#10,249), „Bischöfe“ (#10,246). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bürgerliche“ bei #10,248. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around bürgerliche (IPA [ˈbʏʁɡɐlɪçə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,248 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for bürgerliche, with forms such as "bbürgerliche", "brügerliche", and "bügrerliche". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "bürgerlichen", "bürgerlicher", "bürgerliches", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is bürgerliche, spelled B-Ü-R-G-E-R-L-I-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bürgerlich
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bürgerlich
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bürgerlich
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bürgerlich
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bürgerlich
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bürgerlich
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bürgerlich
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bürgerlich
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bürgerlich

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbürgerliche
  • brügerliche
  • bügrerliche
  • büregrliche
  • bürgelriche
  • bürgerilche
  • bürgerlcihe
  • bürgerlicche
  • bürgerliceh
  • bürgerlichhe
  • bürgerlihce
  • bürgerlliche
  • bürgerrliche
  • bürggerliche
  • bürgreliche
  • bürrgerliche
  • übrgerliche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bürgerliche - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbürgerliche1brügerliche2bügrerliche2büregrliche2bürgelriche2bürgerilche2bürgerlcihe2bürgerlicche1
Edit distance from "bürgerliche"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bürgerliche"?
"bürgerliche" is spelled B-Ü-R-G-E-R-L-I-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʏʁɡɐlɪçə].
What does "bürgerliche" mean?
As an adjective, "bürgerliche" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bürgerlich
What words are commonly confused with "bürgerliche"?
"bürgerliche" is commonly confused with "bürgerlichen", "bürgerlicher", "bürgerliches". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bürgerliche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bürgerliche" is [ˈbʏʁɡɐlɪçə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bürgerliche" come from?
"bürgerliche" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bürgerliche", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Dimensionen#10,254ausscheiden#10,233aufgefunden#10,227aufgebracht#10,226

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

durchsucht17 variantsÄhnlichkeit17 variantsversicherte17 variantshinterlässt17 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list